NIHR Global Health Research Group on Neurotrauma

is inviting institutions to join a prospective, multi-centre, international cohort study of outcomes following emergency surgery for TBI:

Global Neurotrauma Outcomes Study

(GNOS)

OBECTIVE: Compare outcomes for emergency surgery for traumatic brain injury between high and low Human Development Index (HDI) countries.

WHEN: Any 30 day recruitment period between October 2018 and October 2019 for all patients receiving emergency surgery for TBI during that period.

WHO:Any institution performing emergency surgery for TBI worldwide. Teams can consist of a mix of neurosurgeons, general surgeons, anaesthetists, intensivists, trainees and medical students (up to 4 people).